2018 Conference on Cognitive Computational Neuroscience

5-8 September 2018 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Special Events

In addition to talks and posters, CCN 2018 will involve three exciting special events:

Mind Matching

Meet the people most important to you! CCN 2018 will feature a computer-assisted networking event. Participants will meet and engage in conversation with a new scientist every 10 minutes. An algorithm will determine who meets whom and where. (90 min)

Challenges and Controversies

What it would mean to succeed at understanding how cognition is implemented in the brain? Three invited scientists with very different perspectives will challenge each other’s definitions of success. Speakers will present 15-min challenge talks and then engage each other and the audience in lively debate. (90 min)

Speakers: Jack Gallant, Dan Yamins, and Hyo Gweon

Cross-collaboration Breakouts

Gather in smaller groups to discuss specific challenges related to cross collaboration between the disciplines. Invited discussion leaders will kick-start the conversation with short presentations. (90 min)

Friday, September 7, 15:45 - 17:15

SE-BK1: How can we share cognitive and control tasks between humans, animals, and models?

Speakers: Laurence Hunt, Jane Wang, and Theresa Desrochers

SE-BK2: How can we best combine insights about vision gained with animal models, computational models, and humans?

Speakers: Emily Cooper; Chris Kanan; Elias Issa

SE-BK3: How can we incorporate connectivity data into neural network models?

Speakers: Grace Lindsay and Richard Betzel

Saturday, September 8, 13:10 - 14:40

SE-BK4:What can we learn about neural circuit implementation of computations using large- and small-scale brain data?

Speakers: Laura Lewis and Daniel Yamins

SE-BK5: How can we bring neuroscientific insights into neural network models?

Speakers: Liberty Hamilton, Urs Koster and John Murray

SE-BK6: How can we relate the architectures of high-level vision between humans, monkeys and models?

Speakers: Talia Konkle, Winrich Freiwald, and Dileep George

SE-BK7: What is systems consolidation for? Examining the potential utility of memory transformation for humans and artificial intelligence

Speakers: Blake Richards and Anna Schapiro

Schedule

Wednesday, September 5

13:00 - 17:00

VideoTutorial T-A: Computational Neuroscience - "How neurons may represent and compute with uncertainty", by Maneesh Sahani, University College London